Government has approved establishment of a Spice park at Guntur, Andhra
Pradesh at a cost of Rs 23 crores to empower the chilli farmers to have
better price realization and wider markets for their produce. The
Government of Andhra Pradesh had allocated 124.78 acres of land in
Venkayalapadu and Maidavolu village, Edlapadu Mandal in Guntur district
in favour of Spice Board, for setting up of this Spices Park. Currently
the civil works and electrical works are almost completed. The
installation of the plant & machinery for processing of Chilli is in
progress and are as per schedule. 38 acres of land has been allotted to
exporters for developing their own processing Units in the Park. So far
an expenditure of Rs. 14.62 crores has been incurred on establishment of
the Spice Park. Target for completion of the project is December, 2012.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Commerce &
Industry Dr. D. Purandeswari in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.

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